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Elon
Musk
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New York Times bestsellerFrom the author
of Steve Jobs and other
bestselling biographies this is the astonishingly
intimate story of the most fascinating and
controversial innovator of our eraa rulebreaking
visionary who helped to lead the world into the
era of electric vehicles private space
exploration and artificial intelligence Oh and
took over TwitterWhen Elon Musk was a kid in
South Africa he was regularly beaten by bullies
One day a group pushed him down some concrete
steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen
ball of flesh He was in the hospital for a week
But the physical scars were minor compared to the
emotional ones inflicted by his father an
engineer rogue and charismatic fantasistHis
fathers impact on his psyche would linger He
developed into a tough yet vulnerable manchild
prone to abrupt JekyllandHyde mood swings with an
exceedingly high tolerance for risk a craving for
drama an
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epic sense of mission and a maniacal intensity
that was callous and at times destructiveAt the
beginning of after a year marked by SpaceX
launching thirtyone rockets into orbit Tesla
selling a million cars and him becoming the
richest man on earthMusk spoke ruefully about his
compulsion to stir up dramas I need to shift my
mindset away from being in crisis mode which it
has been for about fourteen years now or arguably
most of my life he saidIt was a wistful comment
not a New Years resolution Even as he said it he
was secretly buying up shares of Twitter the
worlds ultimate playground Over the years
whenever he was in a dark place his mind went
back to being bullied on the playground Now he
had the chance to own the playgroundFor two years
Isaacson shadowed Musk attended his meetings
walked his factories with him and spent hours
interviewing him his family friends coworkers and
adversaries The result is the revealing inside
story filled with amazing tales of triumphs and
turmoil that addresses the question are the
demons that drive Musk also what it takes to
drive innovation and progress